Social Statics, Or, The Conditions Essential to Human Happiness Specified: And the First of Them DevelopedWilliams and Norgate, 1868 - 523 pages |
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... man's intellect is competent , first to observe accurately the facts exhibited by associ- ated human nature ; to ... man - the instrument by which , and the.
... man's intellect is competent , first to observe accurately the facts exhibited by associ- ated human nature ; to ... man - the instrument by which , and the.
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And the First of Them Developed Herbert Spencer. stand man - the instrument by which , and the material on which , laws are to act - and that a complete knowl edge of the unit - man , is but a first step to the compre- hension of the ...
And the First of Them Developed Herbert Spencer. stand man - the instrument by which , and the material on which , laws are to act - and that a complete knowl edge of the unit - man , is but a first step to the compre- hension of the ...
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... man . Restraint is for the savage , the rapacious , the violent ; not for the just , the gentle , the benevolent . All necessity for external force implies a morbid state . Dun- geons for the felon ; a strait jacket for the maniac ...
... man . Restraint is for the savage , the rapacious , the violent ; not for the just , the gentle , the benevolent . All necessity for external force implies a morbid state . Dun- geons for the felon ; a strait jacket for the maniac ...
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... man's imperfection ; an institution confessedly begotten by necessity out of evil ; one which might be dispensed with were the world peopled with the unselfish , the conscientious , the philanthropic ; one , in short , inconsistent with ...
... man's imperfection ; an institution confessedly begotten by necessity out of evil ; one which might be dispensed with were the world peopled with the unselfish , the conscientious , the philanthropic ; one , in short , inconsistent with ...
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... man himself . A little consideration shows us , for instance , that the very existence of society , implies some natural affinity in its members for such a union . It is pretty clear too , that without a certain fitness in man- kind for ...
... man himself . A little consideration shows us , for instance , that the very existence of society , implies some natural affinity in its members for such a union . It is pretty clear too , that without a certain fitness in man- kind for ...
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